想了这个蠢办法
“thinking I was being clever.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“So I came up with this foolish plan,”
想了 这个 蠢办法
“thinking I was being clever.”
但如此之后
“But after that,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Admitting one's mistakes using blunt, self-effacing terms like '蠢' (foolish) or '自作聪明' (pretending to be smart) serves to lower one's stance and elicit sympathy or forgiveness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
foolish scheme / dumb method
Colloquial term used to self-deprecatingly admit that an approach was clumsy, ill-advised, or naive.
Indicates the past realization or conception of the foolish idea.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Is this low-level method all you can think of?”
“I only use simple methods.”
“so I chose the stupidest way.”